HPR3439: Linux Inlaws S01E40: The One with the BSDs

<p>In this episode, Martin and Chris host an eclectic panel of contributors to the *other* major FLOSS operating system family - you guessed it: the flavours of the Berkeley Software Distribution (aka BSD among friends). Disclaimer: you may be tempted to diverge from the Path of the Righteousness also known as Linux and give this alternative a spin. So this episode is *not* for the faint-hearted - listen at your own discretion! Also: the true defective nature of our beloved (?) hosts' past will be revealed - an episode not be missed despite the caveat! Plus a refresher on spaced-out operating system concepts including library operating systems and a rant on Android and friends. In addition to some cool BSD trolling... </p> <h2>Links:</h2> <ul> <li>OpenBSD: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org" target=_blank>https://www.openbsd.org</a></li> <li>FeeBSD: <a href="https://www.freebsd.org" target=_blank>https://www.freebsd.org</a></li> <li>NetBSD: <a href="https://www.netbsd.org" target=_blank>https://www.netbsd.org</a></li> <li>DragonFlyBSD: <a href="https://www.dragonflybsd.org" target=_blank>https://www.dragonflybsd.org</a></li> <li>386BSD: <a href="https://www.386bsd.org" target=_blank>https://www.386bsd.org</a></li> <li>RUMP kernel: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel" target=_blank>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel</a></li> <li>Library operating systems: <a href="https://www.sigarch.org/leave-your-os-at-home-the-rise-of-library-operating-systems" target=_blank>https://www.sigarch.org/leave-your-os-at-home-the-rise-of-library-operating-systems</a></li> <li>Free BSD Linux Compatibility: <a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu" target=_blank>https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu</a></li> <li>BSD Jails (original paper): <a href="https://papers.freebsd.org/2000/phk-jails.files/sane2000-jail.pdf" target=_blank>https://papers.freebsd.org/2000/phk-jails.files/sane2000-jail.pdf</a></li> <li>FeeBSD Ports: <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/ports" target=_blank>https://www.freebsd.org/ports</a></li> <li>NetBSD pkgsrc: <a href="https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc" target=_blank>https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc</a></li> <li>ZFS: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS" target=_blank>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS</a></li> <li>BSD's pledge: <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/410056/what-is-openbsds-pledge-in-short" target=_blank>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/410056/what-is-openbsds-pledge-in-short</a></li> <li>FreeBSD and Netflix: <a href="https://papers.freebsd.org/2019/fosdem/looney-netflix_and_freebsd" target=_blank>https://papers.freebsd.org/2019/fosdem/looney-netflix_and_freebsd</a></li> <li>BSD Firewalls: <a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls" target=_blank>https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls</a></li> <li>Michael W. Lucas' "Savaged by Systemd": <a href="hhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36190710-savaged-by-systemd" target=_blank>hhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36190710-savaged-by-systemd</a></li> <li>Linux vs. Minix: <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/appa.html" target=_blank>https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/appa.html</a></li> <li>Pegasus spyware: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)" target=_blank>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)</a></li> <li>BSD History presentation: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEEr6dT-4uQ" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEEr6dT-4uQ</a></li> <li>The tragedy of systemd: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo</a></li> <li>The Rise and Fall of Copyleft: <a href="https://archive.org/download/OhioLinuxfest2013/24-Rob_Landley-The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Copyleft.mp3" target=_blank>https://archive.org/download/OhioLinuxfest2013/24-Rob_Landley-The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Copyleft.mp3</a></li> </ul>